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Alexander the Great wound

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    No description in English has been found, so maybe this is not really an eponym. But, any excuse is good enough to include Alexander the Great, so learn some French and read Joseph Pierre Martin Rollet’s (1824-1894) description.

    Bibliography

    • J.-P.-M. Rollet:
      Des caractèred particuliers et du traitement de la blessure d’Alexandre le Grand, reçue dans le combat contre les Malliens. Lyon, 1879.

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